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==Simple SELECT== | ==Simple SELECT== | ||
The simplest SELECT commands involve a single table: | The simplest SELECT commands involve a single table: | ||
<table> | |||
<tr><th>SQL</th><th>Result</th></tr> | |||
<tr><td> | |||
<source lang='sql'> | <source lang='sql'> | ||
SELECT name, population | SELECT name, population | ||
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WHERE region='North America' | WHERE region='North America' | ||
</source> | </source> | ||
<table class="sqlmine"><tr><th>name</th><th>population</th></tr><tr><td>Canada</td><td class="r">32000000</td></tr><tr><td> | </td><td> | ||
*The SELECT line determines which columns to show - in this case <code>name</code> and <code>population</code>, both of which are columns of the bbc | <table class="sqlmine"><tr><th>name</th><th>population</th></tr> | ||
<tr><td>Canada</td><td class="r">32000000</td></tr> | |||
<tr><td>United States of America</td><td class="r">295000000</td></tr></table> | |||
</td></tr></table> | |||
*The SELECT line determines which columns to show - in this case <code>name</code> and <code>population</code>, both of which are columns of the bbc table. | |||
*The WHERE clause determines which rows to show | *The WHERE clause determines which rows to show | ||
*The SELECT statement may involve data from more than one table using a [[JOIN]] or a [[UNION]]. | |||
The SELECT statement may involve data from more than one table using a [[JOIN]] or a [[UNION]]. | *[[SELECT within SELECT Tutorial|SELECT statements may nested]] - that is the output from one SELECT may be the input to another SELECT. | ||
*The output from a SELECT may be added to another table using [[INSERT .. SELECT]] | |||
SELECT statements may nested - that is the output from one SELECT may be the input to another SELECT. | *The select statement may aggregate values using a [[SELECT .. GROUP BY]] clause | ||
The output from a SELECT may be added to another table using [[INSERT .. SELECT]] | |||
Latest revision as of 13:31, 27 February 2015
The SELECT command is used to show data from a database.
The output from a SELECT statement is always a grid - with a number of rows and a number of columns.
Simple SELECT
The simplest SELECT commands involve a single table:
| SQL | Result | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SELECT name, population
FROM bbc
WHERE region='North America'
|
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- The SELECT line determines which columns to show - in this case
nameandpopulation, both of which are columns of the bbc table. - The WHERE clause determines which rows to show
- The SELECT statement may involve data from more than one table using a JOIN or a UNION.
- SELECT statements may nested - that is the output from one SELECT may be the input to another SELECT.
- The output from a SELECT may be added to another table using INSERT .. SELECT
- The select statement may aggregate values using a SELECT .. GROUP BY clause